Coder 1.3

Vizrt is pleased to announce the release of Coder 1.3. This is a minor release of Coder. This release delivers new major features for using NVIDIA hardware acceleration and MPEG-DASH. The feature list below contains more information about the new features.

Main Features

Output high­-quality XDCAM and XDCAM HD with graphics

Efficient NVIDIA Hardware Accelerated h.264 Encoding

High-quality Streaming with MPEG-DASH

Register transcoded variants in Viz One

Shared Memory Input from Viz Engine

Efficiently add Logo graphics to your Video on Demand variants

And many more improvements and fixes.

Output high­quality XDCAM and XDCAM HD with graphics

Summary of benefits: Coder can now output MXF­wrapped XDCAM IMX 30 and 50 as well as XDCAM 422 HD.

Efficient NVIDIA Hardware Accelerated h.264 Encoding

Summary of benefits: Running more streams of Coder on the same hardware.

High-quality Streaming with MPEG-DASH

Summary of benefits: State-of-the-art and very efficient way of delivering streaming video.

Register transcoded variants in Viz One

Summary of benefits:Users can see and manage the variants using the Media Asset Management functionality of Viz One including the API.

Shared Memory Input from Viz Engine

Summary of benefits: Coder can now read video and audio from Viz Engine using a new shared memory interface.

Efficiently add Logo graphics to your Video on Demand variants

Summary of benefits:Coder can now add static overlay images during processes.

Further Reading

Installation Notes

About Coder

Coder is our next generation transcoder that replaces older transcoders in our systems and products. It is an integral part of Viz One as well as a standalone component that can be used with other Vizrt products such as Viz Engine.